Evelyn Luna & Scott Chester

Evelyn Luna, 42, and Scott Chester, 41, met while attending the High School of Art & Design, though they didn't see each other for 15 years after graduation. Then on Sept. 9, 2001, they met at a party on the Chelsea Piers and rekindled their friendship. The couple had not talked much about getting married, so when Scott proposed on Feb. 17, Evelyn was quite surprised.

The couple planned a nontraditional and yet decidedly New York wedding. Scott, who has a car detailing business, and Evelyn, who has a background in design and started a clothing line about four years ago with Scott, wanted to incorporate their interests into the wedding. The bride, who had also worked for Diane von Furstenberg for a number of years, decided to design her dress herself. "I wanted it to be unique," Evelyn explained.

She received help from a friend, designer Rogelio Velasco. The dress was made of duchess satin and silver organza. At the back, her gown included a magenta bustle, which highlighted the wedding's theme and the bride's inspiration: exotic flowers. Evelyn's bridesmaid, her sister, wore an eggplant-colored dress and carried black calla lilies. The couple held their ceremony on the roof deck of their apartment in lower Manhattan and invited about 50 friends and family members.

Their celebrant, Murphy Birdsall, was responsible for helping the two write their vows together.

Their special day included a cocktail reception at I Tre Merli before moving to the cozy restaurant, Cucina di Pesce. "We're both New Yorkers, and we wanted to portray that by having the rooftop wedding with the city as our backdrop," Evelyn said.

The couple's cake was a scaled-down replica of the vintage car they had designed together.

Evelyn and Scott split their time between New York and Miami and held a second ceremony at Vizcaya Gardens, in Miami, on Nov. 1.